El Porto Beach surf break

El Porto Beach surfForecast / CAL – LA County / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 PDT
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El Porto Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Porto Beach sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at El Porto Beach today?

The current surf forecast for El Porto Beach at 7AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s

Table - waves today at El Porto Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)161616151515151515141414141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190188181181165113163168159107106106106160103666362585859595956
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
W
15
WSW
15
S
10
W
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
0
SW
10
NNW
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
1.30
7:19PM
1.72
8:51AM
1.39
8:07PM
1.75
9:16AM
1.46
8:48PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
-0.10
1:24PM
0.70
2:21AM
-0.12
2:09PM
0.55
2:53AM
-0.09
2:48PM
0.42
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:39-----
Sunset-----6:57-------6:55-------6:54--
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1-----14211----------
Temp. °C232321212221212123222223252423222121212223232221
Feels °C (?)252421212320212124242324262625242323232424242322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for CAL - LA County

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Porto Beach (light winds from the W at Los Angeles Airport 5 km from El Porto Beach). 0.4m 10s swell from the SW with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the WNW and a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the WSW as well as a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Clean
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